Why 1.20 is good for servers

The update of 1.20 Trails & Tales was released in June 2023. It brought out a cherry grove, camels, sniffles, archaeology, armor trimming and suspension plates. The most important thing for servers is to finish the armor: players collect patterns and paint armor, while the server has another goal for survival and trade.

Also, the signs have become two-sided, and you can seal them with wax so that no one changes the inscription. It's convenient for a sleeper and shop on the server.

Special spot for version 1.20.1. It's got a lot of big mods and modpacks on Forge and Fabric, and NeoForge split off from Forge just by 1.20.1. In 1.20.5, Mojang converted the storage of these items, and some of the mods were never updated. So the Minecraft 1.20.1 servers are mostly fashionable: technique, magic, large modpacks.

Is it possible to log in from a different version

Plagin servers often do. ViaVersion is the newest client in the server, and ViaBackwards is the older client. The server then has a range in the monitoring, e.g. "1.16-1.21".

It's not gonna work with mod servers: you need the same version of the game, the same downloader, and the same set of mods that are on the server. The modpack is usually downloaded from the project site.

The vanilla version is installed by the launcher. The site has its own JuxLauncher: it downloads any version of Java Edition and suitable Java.

How to select a server and log in

On the server page - online now, chart for the day and week, peak, record and uptime by day for 90 days. Online monitoring measures it itself, by ping - this is not a number according to the owner. Filters narrow the list by version, platform, and mode.

Press Copy Address, start the game, open The Network Game ♪ Add ♪ and put an address. If something doesn't come out, check the "How to Go" box on the server page.

At the mod server, first read the description: the loader, build version and download link are usually indicated there.

You can vote once a day for an attractive server. The voice moves it in the "Voices" tab, and some servers give it an award in the game -- you have to put your name on it.